Get ready!  One of the best shows in the summer sky, the annual Perseid meteor shower, is set to peak tonight and into the early morning hours on Friday. If you live in a relatively dark area, you can look to see as many as 75 meteors per hour (that’s over one meteor per minute!).  [...]

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The Leonid Meteor Shower 2009 is here.  The annual spectacle can be seen November 13-20, but the peak of meteoric activity will occur on Tuesday morning, November 17, 2009. The best time to spot meteors will be after 1:30 a.m. EST and prior to sunrise. This year, the view should be spectacular as the moon [...]

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